I have decided to write a small collection of poems in the Welsh language, inspired by my favourite river, the Dee, which rises in the mountains of Snowdonia and reaches the estuary between the Wirral and north Wales after a journey of 100 km.. I thought it would be interesting to try and do my version of the famous poem by Charles Kingsley, ‘The Sands of Dee’, which was a favourite of my dad’s. The English version follows…
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Sad but beautiful !
Thank you, Mary!
Lovely Sonia! But as Mary says, sad too but I think a melancholy edge is such a Welsh thing, it’s there in the music too, all those songs and hymns in a minor key and the whole concept of Hiraeth.
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Lyn! Thank you for your lovely words – I am so drawn to writing in Welsh, there is such a beauty to the sound, rhythm and music of the language, and as part of a Welsh choir, I really appreciate the same attributes in the songs and hymns of the country. As you say, a melancholy and a beautiful wistfulness pervades, which I am drawn to, over and over again.